Rule 1 says they have to be vax'd and test positive to be isolated.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The vaccines were not developed to keep people from getting Covid, only to keep them out of the hospital. The fact that they are fairly effective at preventing Covid is a happy circumstance, not the primary objective. When they tested the vaccines and said Pfizer was 96% effective and Moderna was 95% effective they meant that they kept most people from showing symptoms. For every 100 peopleby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Here's the NFL rules for vaccinated players (from this site: ) 1. Vaccinated individuals who test positive and are asymptomatic will be isolated and contact tracing will promptly occur. 2. The positive individual will be permitted to return to duty after two negative tests at least 24-hours apart. 3. After that, they will be tested every week or as directed by the medical staffs.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The covid news really took the wind out of my sails. But I love watching my team play no matter what. So I'm throwing on a Rams jersey and parking my butt in front of the TV ... with lowered expectations. GO RAMS!!! KKKKKRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
And the backups at safety: Nick Scott, Juju Hughes, and Antoine Brooks, Jr.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
From this article: Long (illness) is inactive for Sunday's contest against the Jaguars, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports. Long didn't practice at all this week, so his status comes as no surprise. The cornerback didn't play any defensive snaps during the Rams' Week 12 loss to the Packers, so his absence likely won't impact Los Angeles' defensive rotations. When Long and Rochellby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
It surprised me when I looked this up, but Rochell isn't really a part of the Rams defense at this point. He got 1 snap on defense against the Jags, none against the Packers. The Rams have been leaning on Ramsey, Williams, and Deayon at CB with Fuller, Rapp, and Scott getting regular playing time at safety. It seems like even Long usually gets more snaps than Rochell.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Long played 64 snaps on defense against the Cards and none against the Jags. Meanwhile, Deayon played none against the Cards and 42 against the Jags. Barring injury I don't think we'll be seeing much of Long. Rochell going on IR shouldn't matter, either: he played 5 snaps at CB against the Cards and only 1 against the Jags.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Rochell will miss the next three games. He only got one snap at CB against the Jags so this shouldn't affect the defensive game plan. But the Rams are going to have to get someone else to down a punt at the one. Hopefully they can do it without getting hurt. From that article: Rochell injured his chest on a great special teams play, leaping into the end zone to prevent a punt froby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I would definitely put a few bucks on that parlay!!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
So, the Cards ran for 216 yards on 40 carries in week 4. What personnel changes have the Rams made on defense since then? Source for the Rams snap counts against the Cards: ... and the Jags: Some guys played around the same percentage in each game: Ramsey, Rapp, Fuller, Williams, Floyd, Donald, and Robinson all saw the field against the Jags pretty much the way they were used against tby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
NFL teams can add two practice squad players to the game-day roster. What if one (or both!) of those temporary promotions are WRs this week. Does that adequately address the problem this article points out?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
From a recent poll: Last week, Broncos Wire ran a poll asking if Fangio should be fired and, at the time of this writing, about 8,500 fans have voted. Of those fans, around 93% voted yes with just 4% voting no (3% said they are indifferent). The results of this survey were posted on Oct 25, right after the Broncos lost 4 in a row. They have gone 3-2 since then to get to 6-6, but how muchby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Nice discussion, man. As usual!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
"He was a rotational player until the LA Rams traded away former starter Kenny Young, necessitating a promotion of the rookie to an instant starter." Allow me to fix that sentence. He was a rotational player until he got enough experience to start. And since he was ready just before the trade deadline it allowed the Rams to ship Kenny Young off to Denver.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Of course, if Morris is indeed hired on elsewhere in 2022 as a head coach, the LA Rams would once more qualify to be awarded a third-round compensatory draft pick for 2023 and 2024. With the LA Rams’ future draft picks already spent for some 2021 players, picking up a third-rounder in the 2023 and 2024 NFL Drafts would be welcome compensation. There's one factual error in this articby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Let me start my reply by saying that I'm not proposing that the Rams keep both Whit and Boom next year - only exploring the question: could the Rams keep both if they wanted to? And I also want to point out that while it doesn't make sense for 2022 it might make sense for 2023 thru at least 2028. (Boom will be 27 when the 2022 season starts ...) I am also not proposing the Rams do all of tby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The big question: what is 'an above average' LT worth on the open market? According to spotrac.com, 9 LT's changed team last year And only one of them seems prohibitively expensive. And according to turfshowtimes, 21 LT's are set to be FA's in 2022. Now, you know as well as I do that a bunch of those guys are going to re-sign with their team, but it wouldn't surprise me if 10 orby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Just based on the article ... Noteboom checked in 9 times as an eligible receiver. Of those 9 plays, the article identifies 6 runs and 3 pass plays. The Rams passed 33% of the time when Noteboom was eligible.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
According to overthecap.com is will cost just over $15M to tag Williams for 1 season. (Which obviously means a $15M cap hit in 2022.) But they could sign him for 3 years, $40M and only incur a relatively small cap hit in 2022. As one example: Give him a $15M signing bonus and structure it like this: 2022: $1M salary plus $3M prorated signing bonus = $4M cap hit 2023: $10M salary plusby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
If Pro Football Focus is right, Williams can get a three year deal for $40M (with $22.5 million of that guaranteed) on the open market. If that is even close to Williams' value why would he even consider signing a one-year deal with the Rams?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I agree with the logic you laid out: it's pretty much what I've thought all along. (I also agree with those posters who say Creed would have been a better pick than Tutu. But that's not what this thread is about.) Looking at the Rams' process in hindsight it seems that they thought having Tutu at WR in 2022 with Allen/Shelton/Anchrum/etc. at center was better than having Humphrey at centerby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
lol Yeah, I know - Rams week and all that. I suppose the 49ers will still be up for the game even if they've been eliminated from playoff contention. Momentary lapse of reason.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The Cardinals have given up the 4th fewest passing yards in the league and it will be tough for Kupp to maintain his season averages against them. But the Seahawks are on the other end of the scale: they have given up the most passing yards in the league. The Vikings have given up the 10th most. The Ravens have given up the 3rd most. And the 49ers are pretty stingy, having given up thby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
As far as I know the Rams stand to get comp picks for both Miller and OBJ if they sign big enough deals next year. And I don't know what 'big enough' will mean in 2022 but the Chiefs are getting a comp pick because Tanoh Kpassagnon signed a 2 year, $4.5M deal with the Saints in 2021 ...by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm not really opposed to giving OBJ a 1-year deal. But I can't imagine OBJ going for that. Assuming he doesn't screw up over the rest of the season he'll get multi-year mega offers as a FA. He'll cash his chips in somewhere else rather than take a 1-year deal with the Rams.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
It's possible that Gurley didn't want the Rams to make the exact nature of his condition/injury known ... in which case I give the Rams a pass for whatever they did or didn't say. It's also possible that there was some competitive advantage in not letting their opponents know exactly what Gurley was dealing with ... and I give the Rams a pass in that case as well.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Not quite as good as being there, but it's always nice getting a first hand account of game day.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Why were people worried? They lost to the worst team in the league last year: the 0-13 Jets! And while I think that on any given Sunday the Rams can bet any team in the league I also know they are capable of losing to anyone in the league, too. All depends on what team shows up. Thankfully, it was Dr. Jekyll yesterday, not Mr. Hyde ...by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Typically players look to cash in on their second contract (which Donald obviously did) and then look more towards quality of life issues after that - maybe play for their home town team or finish their career with the team they started rather than seek the biggest contract they can get. Donald will of course be well compensated when he signs his next contract (in 2025). But he'll be 34 theby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com